just like a child who is not so intimate with his parents after he has
done something wrong Á-? he doesnÁ-?t show up in the same room for
a while, he doesnÁ-?t want to talk to them, he hangs his head, he has
broken communion with them because of guilt --- so it is with us, if
we do not follow the LordÁ-?s commandments. Then, we will not be
able to cry Á-°Abba, FatherÁ-?, because we will be hanging our head
in shame. Or worse, I say most people donÁ-?t do that, because they
cannot bear that kind of shame. Instead, they just leave God. They
become choked with cares, or lusts or passions, with misplaced
priorities, or they become even worse than that, and they wither
away, and have no faith whatsoever. ThatÁ-?s what happens to most
people.
the Á-°oddsÁ-?. I hope that all of us will be good ground, but I know
that the only way that this can be possibly true is if we struggle --
apart and together. We must pray for one-another, help one-
another, and then, in our corner, in our closet, cry out to God each
day, asking Him to help us with whatever passions we have, with
whatever sins we commit. Even if we have poor attitudes, and we
desire to change our attitudes.
thought? Everything we do proceeds from thought. We decide to
do something, and then we do it, whether it is good or bad. So we
must amend our thoughts. That is why the Apostle Paul says,
Á-°Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these
things.Á-?
things as impure thoughts, gossip, judging others. You can surely